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YK Steel Busan plant

operating

Busan, Asia Pacific, South Korea

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Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating1966
Retirement announced2021
Retired2027

Emissions

2025

0.064 Mt CO₂e

0.08 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

930

EAF

930

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
279 ttpa30 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)operating
651 ttpa70 twiki

Steel Products

billet, rebar

Ownership

Owner YK Steel Corp

Parent Daehan Steel Co Ltd [70.0%]; Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd [30.0%]

Workforce 336 employees

Country Context

South Korea crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.